Flood Collection (page 3)

Archaeological excavations at Kish, Mespotamia, Iraq
" Visible proof of the flood: the great discoveries at Kish" - a page from the Illustrated London News, featuring an article by Dr

Floods at Youngs Park, Goodrington, Paignton, Devon. Strong east winds and high tides caused waves 50 feet high to break over the sea wall, flooding the park to a depth of eight feet

Thoroughness, WW1 cartoon by William Heath Robinson
Mopping-up the floods in Belgium: the new German method. Spiking the water with a combination of sausages, sauerkraut and lager

Flooding in Cologne, Germany - Hohenzollern Bridge
January 1920 - The River Rhine bursts its banks and floods the German City of Cologne (Koln). Note the tower of the Hohenzollern Bridge, destroyed in WW2 to slow the allied advance. Date: 1920

Namur - Belgium - Food and Mail distribution - Flooding
Namur - Belgium - Food and Mail distribution to those stranded by the flooding of the River Meuse in January 1926. Date: 1926

Saratov, Russia - Flooded banks of the River Volga Date: circa 1910

Ellen McAllister, ninety-one years old, the oldest resident of Shawneetown, Illinois, is a flood refugee at Tent City camp. Date 1937 Apr

Deucalion and Flood
Zeus, angered by the sinfulness of mankind, causes it to rain and rain, until all drown except Deucalion and his wife Pyrrha whose ark lands up on Mount Parnassus

Mu and Lemuria
The submersion of MU - The great Pacific continent is overwhelmed by a combination of flood and volcanic action

Cartoon, mopping up at the Criterion Theatre, London
Cartoon -- They are getting the water out of the Criterion with all speed. Henry James Byron (1835-1884) is shown mopping up at the Criterion Theatre, Piccadilly, London, after some flooding

River Seine in flood, Saint Germain, France, WW2
River Seine in flood at Saint Germain, France, WW2. 1940s

Noah offering up sacrifices to God as a grateful acknowledgement for his deliverance from the Deluge - Thomas Bankes Bible, Genesis 8.20. 1787

Water protection of Antwept 1914
German artillery becoming bogged in flooded meadows in Antwerp. Wading through water up to their waist with ditches and uneven ground made it impossible to attempt to cross some of these swampted

If London were like Venice - Bank and Royal Exchange
Spectacular scene of Bank and The Royal Exchange if London were like Venice. Date: 1899

The Ark of Noah. Miniature. Doctrine Chretienne. 13th centur
Doctrine Chretienne. Manuscript. France. 13th century. Miniature depicting The Ark of Noah. Folio 64. Library University of Valencia. Spain

Peasants working agricultural land supervised by the foreman. Lithograph, 1880. Mexico

Noahs Ark in De Linguis gentium, libellum
Noahs Ark, from the book De Linguis gentium, libellum, published in Basel, 1563. Written by the Venerable Bede (673-735), English monk and writer. Colored engraving

Henry Flood
HENRY FLOOD Irish statesman Date: 1732 - 1791

Egyptian Flood 1930S
Men, women and children wading through the flooded street outside their homes in Egypt. Date: early 1930s

Girl Stranded in Flood
A young woman dressed only in stockings, hat and scarf, clutches an umbrella and shelters on the top of a lamppost from the rain and creeping flood waters Date: 1919

Dutch Dykes Burst
Terrible flooding caused by the bursting of dykes in the Netherlands Date: 17th century

Memnon Colossi / Thebes
Amenhotep III (18th Dyn) built a mortuary temple in Thebes that was guarded by two gigantic 75ft high statues on the outer gates. These have survived nature and relocation Date: 1848

During Paris Floods 1910
During the Paris inundations, three ladies leave their Avenue Montaigne home by boat, taking with them hat box, bird cage, and other baggage, not forgetting the dog January 1910

Mosside Mine Flood / 1939
A flood at the Mosside Mine, near Airdrie, Scotland, results in the deaths of three miners. Date: 22 September 1939

Dinorah / Meyerbeer 1859
A dramatic scene from Meyerbeers opera Dinorah: a branch has broken and the heroine is in danger of falling into a raging flood. Date: 1859

Mississippi Flood / 1927
Memphis submerged under the flood waters of the Mississippi Date: 1927

Rothenthurmstrasse, Vienna, Austria
Rothenthurmstrasse (Red Tower Street), Vienna, Austria, with flooding in the foreground. Date: circa 1900

Mesopotamia Island, Oxford - Flooding
Mesopotamia, a narrow island that forms part of the University Parks, Oxford, England. It lies between the upper and lower levels of the River Cherwell. Flooding of the river over the area. Date: 1904

Flooded river, Passaic, Passaic County, New Jersey, USA
Passaic River in flood, Passaic, Passaic County, New Jersey, USA -- the river frequently floods after heavy rainfall or snow thaw. Showing buildings, mills and chimneys. Date: circa 1890s

Cartoon, A Great Stream from a Petty Fountain, or, John Bull swamped in the Flood of new Taxes; Cormorants fishing in the Stream, by James Gillray

Flood, North Zaragoza, Spain. Posssibly showing a Cafe. Date: 1927

Barn Road in Flood, Norwich, Norfolk
Barn Road in Flood, Norwich, near West Pottergate, Norfolk, England. Date: 1912

Flood Relief, Norwich, Norfolk
Flood Relief, Norwich, near West Pottergate, Norfolk, England. Captioned: Handing a loaf to a flooded-out cottager Date: 1910s

Trowse Bridge in Flood, Norwich, Norfolk
Trowse Bridge in Flood, Norwich, near West Pottergate, Norfolk, England. Date: 1912

Plank Lane in Flood, Leigh, Lancashire
Plank Lane in Flood, Leigh, near Wigan, Lancashire, England. Showing Horses & Carts Date: 1912

Carrow Road in Flood, Norwich, Norfolk
Carrow Road in Flood, Norwich, near West Pottergate, Norfolk, England. Date: 1912

Westwick Street in Flood, Norwich, Norfolk
Westwick Street in Flood, Norwich, near West Pottergate, Norfolk, England. Showing Wincarnis Works Date: 1912

Windsor Road in Flood, Lowestoft, Suffolk
Windsor Road in Flood, Lowestoft, near Great Yarmouth, Suffolk, England. Showing the Road at High Tide Date: 1905

Street in Flood, Kettlebrook, Staffordshire
Street in Flood, Kettlebrook, Tamworth, Staffordshire, England. Showing Midland Bus Date: 1932

Eyam Ball Hotel and rocks, Dovedale
Labelled as the Eyam Ball Hotel, this shows the street approaching the dwelling mentioned - it also notes the piles of rock by the front door which may have been in place for use as a flood defence

Flooding in Port Arthur, Texas, USA, 16-17 August 1915. Showing people standing in deep water at the corner of Austin Avenue and Proctor, near the First National Bank (right). Date: 1915

River Ugutka flooded valley in spring, typical scene. tributary of Bolshoi Ugan river, near Ugut settlement; Uganskii Nat. reserve, Siberia, Russia; spring

Cattle - grazing on a flood-meadow along river Lalya in desolated village Karaul. Ural Mountains near Ekaterinburg, Russia; summer. (Land is state owned)

Russian Desman - habitat: small fresh-water lake with lush vegetation and rich water-life (Desmana moschata). near Tashla settlement, Orenburg region, South Russia

South Russia - sunrise over a flood-plain of river Ural. Tashla settlement, Orenburg region. Part of desmans (Desmana moschata) primary area of distribution

Marsh marigold / Kingcup - flowering in flooded forest near river Taz (Caltha palustris ). North Tumen region, Siberia, Russia. (Ranu subspecies ?)

The Channel Tunnel - hints to engine drivers, Heath Robinson
Heroic endeavour of an engine-driver to stop a leak. An engine driver sticks his head in a hole threatening to flood the Channel Tunnel - a humorous scenario envisaged by William Heath Robinson

WW1 cartoon - the water logged Western Front
Illustration originally reproduced in the trench newspaper, The Gasper, featuring soldiers wading waist deep through a water-logged landscape on the Western Front

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